Oua and Kimi

Oua was bored. Again.

Today was an average day on the jungle island. As a reptile, Oua didn’t need to do much besides lay around all bunched up in his tree, basking in the sun. But he was bored. And he wanted a hypnotic subject he could entertain himself with. That was his specialty as a Pacific Hypnotic Python, and he used it on many prey… even if it was a little cruel. But he’s a snake, he has no time for human morals.

Getting back to the story, the snake was curled up in a ball in one of the Pacific island’s trees, minding his own business, because that’s all he was able to do. He wasn’t hungry. He didn’t need to eat much. But there needed to be something to keep his mind busy.

Humans were fun. They were easy to hypnotize, wrap and play with, as he had discovered a long time ago. And because they were too much fun, he couldn’t and didn’t want to eat them. Why waste such a wonderful toy?

Perhaps the other snakes on the island wouldn’t be happy with him. Like he cared.

All that aside, where was he again? Oh, right! He’s bored.

He wished there was a human he could play with. A certain jungle girl would certainly help right about now, but he didn’t know where she was. And the last time he ran into her, she declined to have him use his powers on her. Even though he persistently insisted, she smacked his head, scolded/accosted him and stuck his tongue out, letting him know that even if they had a silent agreement that he could use his powers on him, that it was only if she gave consent, either verbally or non-verbally.

And it was usually non-verbally, and easy to tell; she’d give in. And they were really good friends.

But like we said, he didn’t know where she was. She was nowhere near him, since she was absolutely done being hypnotized, but someone close enough was on her way.

Kimi of the Jungle/Teo, formerly Kimi Fujioka, an Australian-born 19-year-old of Japanese descent, walked along the jungle floor. First coming to the island after being washed ashore, she learned from the mentorship of the great Julie, now Huli, wife of Kaitan the Jungle Hero, and has steadily grown into a capable jungle heroine/dweller in her own right.

She carried a spear on her right shoulder, a bag on that same shoulder to her left hip. Wiping her sweaty brow, she took the canteen on her other hip and drank a deep chug of the water inside of it. She was walking closer to Oua, unaware of that fact.

It’s not like she had much to worry about with him, though.

Kimi was no longer the scared, abused teenager she was when she first arrived on Greystoke. Over the course of 3 years under Huli and Kaitan’s tutelage, she became a fully-realized Jungle Heroine.

Like Huli, her physical build was slender, athletic, toned and slightly curvy, and covered in sweat today. Her skin had gotten tanned from those years on Greystoke, and dotted with a few scars here and there she’d gotten in various incidents; fights with animals, men and even shaving nicks. Her dark hair wasn’t wald and messy, like Huli’s could be, but straight and stringy, hanging down to her shoulder blades like a Japanese ghost. Her face was also slender, and she wore nothing, walking proudly nude, with no need to conform to anymore of society’s shackles, including clothing.

He caught her familiar scent and perked up instantly. Looking down at her, he pumped his tail like a fist and blessed his luck. He peeked down, to see that she was taking a rest from whatever she’d been doing earlier, and he knew that now was a good time to get some play time in. Oua waited until the Jungle Girl stopped before he started to uncoil himself and slither to her spot.

Also carrying a knife, she knelt down near a small animal. Her stomach growled quietly. Licking her lips, she raised the spear, thrust it into the animal, killing it and bringing it over to her. She would cook herself a little snack with it.

With her catch in hand, Kimi built a small fire to cook her snack. She skinned it, removed the internal organs, placed it on a spit above the fire and let that fire turn the meat edible. Then, when it was done, she lifted it up, sniffed it, smirked, bit into it and ripped a good chunk of the meat off the bones.

When it was done, she tossed the organs away to be eaten by scavengers, washed her hands, doused the fire and sat back against the tree Oua was in to get some rest. She also lifted her face up to the right angle for Oua to see, which he would recognize as Kimi. He grinned, recognizing her face.

“It’sssssss Kimi,” he said to himself. “Ssssssssshe won’t mind if I sssssssay ‘hello’.”

But he didn’t. Kimi removed the cantine’s cap and took another efficient sip of the water before putting the cap back on and sitting back against the tree. The simple life; the bare necessities, if you will, we’re all she wanted, and now she was living the Jungle Life. Happily enjoying the moment, she put her hands behind her head, leaned back, closed her eyes and let the sounds of her adopted home enthrall her. Watching this, Oua decided against reaching for her until he knew she was ready.

As for Kimi, she didn’t plan on falling asleep, but she did, anyway. She woke up after about an hour, her back feeling a little stiff, so she bent forward and rubbed the small of it.

“Crikey!” she said to herself in her native Australian accent. “That was a bad idea!”

Oua decided that now was the time to go down, greet her, and if she were willing, hypnotize and wrap her up. The fact that she was nude had nothing to do with it, but his wild pride made him glad for her, that she had tossed those stupid clothes. If he were a perverted snake, he would’ve been attracted to him. He wasn’t. He just wanted to have some fun.

Dropping down in front of him, he said, “Ssssay, what have we here?”

He caught her a bit off guard, just like he wanted. Unfortunately, he kind of regretted it, since he burst out of the trees and she obviously wasn’t expecting him to doing so. She yelped, falling back against the tree, but didn’t hit her head on it.

“Dante!” she shouted, “Don’t scare me like that!”

The Jungle Girl’s momentary surprise and recovery was just what he wanted to see and smiled. “Sssssorry if I sssssssurprissssssed you,” he said. “But I wassssss wondering what you were doing all alone in the jungle without your mate and matessssssss.”

“I don’t have a mate,” she said. “But my mates are doing okay.” The Aussie huffed and stood back up, brushing the dirt off of her arms. She glanced at the snake, sighing. “How long had you been watching me?”

“Not too long,” he said. “I did watch you hunting, though. Your sssssskillsssssss have improved.”

Justifiable suspicion and skepticism ran in her thoughts. To show this, she scooted a couple inches away from the snake. “That sounds nice,” she said, feeling a little creeped out, but recognizing that the snakes don’t have many of the same ideas as humans do.

Still wasn’t right. “Thanks for the compliment,” she said. “At least that’s something I can legitimately take as a compliment.” She said this knowing that Oua wasn’t going to take a lot of offense to that.

“No offensssssse,” he said, “And I apologizssssse for ssssssounding worssssssse.”

She could let out a relieved sigh, now that she knew Dante was aware of his transgressions. Plus, she knew he respected her for her jungle survival skills already. “What have you done besides eat, sleep and lay around lately?”

“That’ssssssss what I do,” he said, moving closer to her. “You humansssss and your handsssssss have it ssssssso easssssssy.” Despite what might look like actual sadness, he wasn’t being very serious. “But yessssssss, life issssssss good. What about you?”

She shouldn’t have been surprised, and she wasn’t. She learned a long time ago that it was actually best to leave the wildlife alone because that’s what they mostly do, and it was best to let nature be.

“Exploring, hunting and surviving,” she said. “I’ve grown since I was a kid. Obviously. There’s not a lot of news to tell, since the island’s been peaceful lately, which is actually good.”

“Nothing'sssss wrong with exxxxxxploring the jungle,” said Oua. “I wish I had your sssssenssssse of adventure. Sssssspeaking of which, where were you going?”

“Nowhere in particular,” she said proudly.

“Well, it was nice talking to you,” she said, unable to think of anything else to say. She pushed herself off the tree and began to leave, but she felt his tail firmly grabbing her wrist and keeping her there. “Sorry, am I being rude?” she asked.

“Oh no, Kimi. You’re not being rude. In fact…” Oua grinned, draping a large portion of his coils across her shoulders like an old friend. “… You ssssseem to be leaving sssso sssoon.”

“I appreciate the understanding,” she said. “What were you doing before showed up, anyhow?”

“Oh, not much,” he said while moving himself around her. “I’ve jusssssst been hunting and eating. I had a niccccccce, fat pig not too long ago. It wassssssss deliccccioussssss. Don’t worry, like I alwaysssssss ssssssay, I won’t eat you.”

She chuckled at his rather kinda dark humor, but predators are predators. “Of course,” she said. “You’re so incorrigible.” That was in jest, of course, and she knew Oua wouldn’t take it personally.

The snake didn’t, chuckling instead. “Of courssssssssse I am,” he said. “But it’ssssss the sssssssad and lonely life of a jungle sssssssnake.”

“Obviously,” she said as he wound his tail down to her hips. She removed part of the tail. “But you’re not going to get me to feel sorry for you with a sob story,” she said in jest again.

“Oh, of coursssssssse not,” he said with a chuckle. “You’re too ssssssssmart to fall for sssssssssomething like that. You know I love life and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“Thanks for the compliment,” said Kimi. She’d come a long way from the scared teenager who’d washed up on Greystoke’s shores and learned from her idol, Julie Vidic, to become this jungle heroine.

“The pleasssssssure isssssssss all mine,” he said as he circled her, getting a look at her toned, nude form. Again, while he admired her form, he wasn’t attracted to her. She watched him circling her, making sure he wasn’t trying anything. They might be on good, friendly terms, but nothing was wrong with keeping her guard up. Still, she crossed her arms and slyly smiled at the snake.

“There'ssssss no need to fear me, my dear.” Oua reassured, a part of his scaly length brushing up against Kimi’s toned back to feel her skin and wait for a reaction. Kimi moved to leave, but Oua grabbed at her wrist. “Kimi, I’m booooored!” he moaned. “I jusssssst want sssssssome company! Are you sssssserioussssssly afraid of me?”

“I’m not that afraid of you,” she said, taking a deep breath at his touch, but expressing a sentiment that Julie’s daughter would share over two decades later, and a completely understandable sentiment at that.

“What’sssssss the matter?” he asked soothingly. “You look tensssssssse.” He pinched a few back muscles with his soft, smooth scales.

“Sorry,” she said. “You’re a good conversation. "A bit cheeky, but a good conversation nonetheless. And very trustworthy."

“Thankssssssss, you flatter me,” he said. He draped his tail around her shoulder and pulled her a little closer. But upon noticing she was a little uncomfortable, he eased up a little bit.

"Of course,” she said, enjoying the smooth scales on her skin. She wondered why he wasn’t hypnotizing her just yet in the back of her mind, but she didn’t mind not being hypnotized, just having a nice conversation.

“By the way, have you found a sssssssuitable mate, yet?” Oua asked. “Isssssss that what mammalssssss call them? Of courssssssse, how ssssssssilly of me.”

“Not yet,” Kimi replied. “I was interested in Manti’s right-hand man… sorry, human lingo… but, he was not interested in me.”

Oua clicked his tongue. “A sssssssshame,” he said. “But, I can ssssssssssee that doessssssss not matter to you. I’m sssssssssssure you will find a ssssssssssssuitable mate sssssssoon.”

“I’m sure I will,” she said, unwinding his tail from her hips and giving herself about an inch of space, showing that she wasn’t going away yet. “Now, if you’re done, I think I’ll be going. I have to help some Teo fisherman.” An obvious lie, of course, since she was headed inland from the beach.

And judging by Oua’s sly smile, he must have known she was lying. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, firmly keeping her in place. She turned around to see that sly smile, and recognized that he didn’t believe her. “Why don’t you sssssssstay?” he playfully asked, moving his tail around her back. She didn’t react, like he probably expected… or he did expect, and didn’t care. His tail winding around her back keeping her in place probably had something to do with her reaction. “Are you hessssssitating?”

“No,” she said, secretly excited for him to actually get this this over with, if that’s what he was planning to do.

“Good.” Oua hissed, his tail now looping three slender lengths around her navel area, squeezing intermittently. “Then let ussssss not delay. Eyessss on mine, if you’d pleasssse.”

The python’s eyes burst into rings of color, shimmering spirals pouring out at a slow and steady rate. “Look into my eyessssss, Kimi.” He commanded, his coils now winding up her torso. Making eye contact with him, the rings reflected in her eyes. An expression of dull surprise on her face, she took Dante’s hypnosis in. Her jaw hung slightly open as the hypnosis started to take effect, making her feel incredibly relaxed and calm. His scales felt soft and smooth on her recently-washed bare skin.

The excitement that had been building inside her faded away, replaced by the most relaxing sensation she’d ever known, like an amazing non-addictive drug. Calm and collected, she let the spirals fill her eyes and the feeling wash over her. But she wasn’t under hypnosis yet, borrowing a resistance technique from Huli and Kaitan.

Her eyes wanted to close, but she fought to keep them open so she could continue to stare into his. And while Julie and Kaitan liked it when Oua wrapped them up, Kimi liked it a lot better when Oua simply held her in place for a few moments, not wrapping her up, and then, when she was ready, he could start. It helped to prolong the induction process, which she especially liked.

Oua would wrap her up if he wanted to, but he wasn’t in the mood at the moment. He just kept his eyes locked with Kimi’s and increased the strength and speed of the hypnosis to see what would happen to her. The beginning was perfect time for experimentation. Besides, a willing subject was a good subject, and he could take his time doing whatever he wanted.

“Take a resssssssst, take a ressssssssst, give yourssssssself to meeeeeee and let me do the resssssssssssst.” Despite how creepy it might sound, remember that this is consensual and she likes it when he does and says this. He increased the power of his spirals. He swayed to and from to keep Kimi’s attention on him, and even smiled in satisfaction. This was his easiest catch in seven Suns!

He couldn’t eat her, of course; Greystokian hypnotic pythons were cursed to prevent them from eating humans. He tried it once, but a violent gagging fit forced him to cough the human up. It was the same for the other snakes like him. And like many, he got used to it and to like playing with humans instead.

He temporarily forgotten his subject before he remembered he was in the middle of hypnosis and was supposed to be making eye contact. Luckily, it looked like she was still under some of his thrall, so he sighed in relief before making eye contact with her. Realizing that he needed to keep his attention on her, he lifted her up into the trees so he could do his thing without any distractions. He sat her on the branch directly under him and unwound his tail from her body. Now that they were alone, he got to work coiling her up.

Kimi had looked away before he moved her back to making eye contact with him. “Eyes front, pleassse,” he said as he continued the hypnosis. His hypnosis took up her entire field of vision again. His steady, slow hypnosis and stationary tail did little to change her state, except to make the sensations like being drunk without the hangover feel even better than ever. Obediently still, she relaxed her body so Oua could wrap her tighter.

The snake chuckled as he began to wrap his body around her. “Jussssst relaxssssss,” he said, even though it was a little unnecessary. “We’re going to be here a while. Jusssssst remember how good it wassssss the firsssssst time.”

She remembered that first encounter fondly. She was 18 and on a trek with Julie, when she encountered Oua in the trees. Already aware of him from what he’d done with Kaitan and Julie, and the fact that Greystokian hypno-pythons cannot eat humans, she wasn’t afraid as he hypnotized and whisked her away for a night of fun. Kind of like Kaa and Mowgli’s first encounter in the movie, only legitimately fun for both. Julie found her the next afternoon. And while concerned, she was relieved to know she was in Oua’s presence.

“Yes, Oua,” she said as a smile formed on her lips. Kimi agreed with Julie that the coiling process was the best part. Oua’s scales felt soft and welcoming, allowing her to relax and let Oua take over. As his tail began to climb up her body, she let her mind rest so she could run on autopilot but still enjoy the relaxing hypnosis making her want to follow Oua’s suggestions.

With three loops now added to Kimi’s waist, Oua lightly used these smooth lengths to sway her hips back and forth. “SssssSsssSssss. It ssseeemssss your body reactsssss to my coilssssssss.” He chuckled.

With her mind on autopilot, Kimi didn’t answer. But she did take his hypnosis in, letting it dull her mind for the time being. His hypnosis was like a warm, mental hug, drawing her into relaxation. She felt fantastic. With nothing to fear, she could gradually give in to the hypnosis.

Oua was a little more interested in finishing her coiling, but she didn’t mind that Oua didn’t mind. Momentarily ceasing his singing, he put for focus into hypnotizing Kimi and wrapping him up. He’d already reached the Aussie’s chest, and judging by Kimi’s blank state, was getting closer to finishing. For now, he swayed Kimi left and right like she was an exotic belly dancer for his own eyes.

“Relax, Kimiiiiiii. You’re nearly there.” He hissed.

She moved her head with Oua’s head, letting his encouragement seep into her mind and draw her in. She could also feel the coils slowly and gently working their way up her body, drawing her deeper in. Further encouraged by Oua’s charming words, she slipped a little more into her trance, but kept her eyes up on his lovely hypnosis. All while his tail continued to climb up her body, finally reaching her shoulders.

“Trussssssst in meeeeeeee, jussssssssst in meeeee,” he sang, “Keep your eyesssssssssss right on meeeeeee.” Oua could see that the Jungle Oua was on the brink of falling under his spell, exciting the snake even further. He’d learned from experience was more receptacle to suggestion and seemed to enjoy it a lot more. So he increased his spirals and kept wrapping him up until he reached his shoulders, whereupon he finished the job, wrapping the tip of his tail around her neck, immobilizing his catch.

“Now, sssssurrender,” he said, “Pleassssssse.”

His tail wrapped around her neck, cocooning her in his coils, and she surrendered to Oua’s spell, letting her mind becoming a blissful cloud to be willingly commanded by the snake. “That wasssss eassssy,“ Oua said before shivering in realization that he had the Jungle Aussie completely under his spell and at his command, looking silly with that wide grin on her lips. But he put that aside and marveled at his work, the Jungle Aussie cocooned in his coils, under his hypnosis. She sat perfectly still, a blank, goofy grin on her lips and her eyes wide open, with colors pulsing in her eyes. She was comfortably under his spell, ready to follow his commands.

As always however, he found himself dealing with the same conundrum he usually faced with a bound hypnotized subject, and that was what to do with them. This is a PG-13 board, so get that one idea out of your head. He also didn’t keep them as pets, nor did he eat them (Greystoke hypno-snake curse). He wished he had the same kind of imagination others had and what he could do with his caught subjects.

He decided to start with the basics. He lifted the Jungle Aussie off his tail, placed his feet on the dirty branch and unwound her tail from his body. The usual trusssssssst exercise was a great place to start and establish his command over her. “Trusssssssst in meeeeee,” he softly sang, beckoning her to walk forward along the branch. She obeyed his instructions, walking closer to him mindlessly and enthusiastically. She followed the tip of his tail, which was upright and must have been acting like a guide. The walk helped her relax and settle deeper under Oua’s spell.

She got to the end of the branch, and he held her in place with the tip of his tail. Oua retracted his tail from the branch and turned it into something like a treadmill for the Jungle Aussie to follow. Kimi waited for Oua to prepare his coils. When she was ready, she stepped onto them and walked along the smooth, fleshy feeling scales. His voice seeped into her mind, and she began to feel as if it was getting harder to walk along the coils He raised an eyebrow (or the reptilian equivalent) to show he was impressed with his subject’s willingness to follow suggestions. Kimi followed Oua’s scaly equivalent of a treadmill, walking along his smooth scales with spiraling eyes.

She followed the tail, slightly on autopilot while Oua moved his tail around to change the trail she was travelling on. Her footfalls were light and soft on Oua’s scales and his scales helped relax her. She was getting near the end of the steps, but she didn’t notice it yet. "You’re an exssssspert,” he said. He chuckled, sending a ripple throughout his entire body that made Kimi fall on her back and slide down Oua’s scales.

Kimi fell backwards onto the tail and slid down it like it was a slide. She whooped and hollered all the way, having the most fun she’d had in a long time.

Oua chuckled. “SssSssSss, sssssssomeone’sssssss having fun!” He allowed her to slide down his coils, forming more twisting spirals that circled all around in mid-air.

“I am, Oua!” she shouted back, but it wasn’t loud enough for him to hear. Still, she appreciated what he was doing for her. She came up to another branch, but the tail avoided the branch entirely, so she just slid above it.

Oua waited until Kimi was at the tip of his tail and flipped her into the air. He hoped to catch him on the tip of his tail, but he miscalculated and had to grab Kimi with his tail wrapped around his waist. However, upon seeing that the Jungle Aussie seemed to like the feel of his scales, he chuckled. “Enjoying yoursssssself, Kimi?” he asked.

“Yes, Oua,” she replied in a dreamy monotone as he placed her back on the branch.

His mutually-agreed command over the Jungle Aussie established, Oua chuckled, regaining the confidence and charm that a mentor had help instill in him. “That'sssssss a good ssssssubject,” he said. Now was time for more fun. Knowing that Kaitan and Huli hung out with Greystoke’s rather unique ape species–almost like hominids, or just apes with a language and a society but nowhere near mutating into humanoids–he concluded that Kimi must have hung out with them, too.

“You’re with your ape friendssssss,” he said. “How would you act, Kimi?”

Without missing a beat, she instantly dropped to the ground, her stance about as close to accurately ape-like as she could get, but still natural. She had no difficulty moving around in such a manner, running about the branch in a monkey-like fashion. She acted just like one, grunting the same way she’d heard Kaitan and Huli do when they (and she) spent time with the apes, which clearly rubbed off on her

Watching this, Oua couldn’t contain his intrigue and curiosity, as he had no idea what apes did. Oua’s actual curiosity about Greystoke apes was coming out here. It also pleased Oua to see the Jungle Bloke obeying his commands. “Continuing in our idea,” he said, “Other apesssss are gathering, probably newbiessssss. What happensssss next?”

Now that she’d been given the new command, she turned her head towards an unseen newcomer. She didn’t react, just pretended to watch.

“One of the apesssss issssss being rude,” said Oua. What do you do nexssssst?”

Kimi snarled at the invisible intruders.

Oua watched in interest, having never seen the apes interacting with each other. He knew Julie liked to watch other animals and the humans and stuff. This must be how she felt, because he felt curious. Watching Kimi angrily react to a perceived threat alerted him to calm it down.

"Okay, the new onesssss aren’t a problem,” he said. “In fact, they come in peacccccce and want to be friendsssssss.”

She calmed down on command, and her demeanor changed.

Oua could see that Kimi was enjoying herself, and enjoyed himself too. As he watched the scene play out, he thought of other possibilities to try on Kimi. He could smell Kaitan’s particular scent, but since he doubted the Jungle Dude was coming, he didn’t care much.

“Now you’re ready to do whatever it issss the apesssss do when there are a lot of you,” he said. “I believe apesssssss have their own danccccccce? I want you to do it for me. She began to dance on command. She performed a Teo dance, related to Samoan and Hawaiian dancing, along with lyrics about a famous Teo heroine.

Poor Oua really had no clue what Kimi was doing. It didn’t look like an ape dance, but a human one. He could tell just by the way he moved. And it was oddly feminine, too. Still, he watched with fascination as Kimi did this strange dance. He remembered Huli did something similar, and his previous catch Lilo also did a hip dance. He just didn’t know what it was.

Then she remembered that she was supposed to be doing an ape dance, not the dance of Moana. She entered into the ape dance she learned from them, a primal, grunting chant providing the melody and beat. The subject matter was about a famous “victory” that stopped the invading humans from wiping them out. Deep down, Kimi didn’t know if it was about the Polynesians or the civilization that came before them. Probably both.

Now Oua could tell this is what he was thinking about. The orangutans did not have much of a society, since they mostly lived solitary lives. Other apes, somewhat resembling both hominids and your garden variety ape, had some sort of tribal-like social structure.

"Good work,” he said. “You can ssssstop now.”

She did stop on command. Oua smiled as he wrapped his tail around her body, gently lifting her off the branch and then placing her back down in a coil cocoon. He kept smiling as he watched her getting comfortable, and her smile grew, too until he saw she was content in his coils.. “Now then, are you happy that you decccccided to ssssssstick around?” he asked.

“Of course, Oua,” she said. “I’ve been having fun.”

“That’ssssss wonderful,” he said, genuinely happy that he had a friend he could play with.